European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday october 1,19b8 wife says life with Tyson pure hell new York apr life with heavyweight Cham Pion Mike Tyson has been torture. Pure hell. Worse than anything i could possibly imagine his wife actress Robin Givens says in a television inter View  was to be aired Friday describing her husband s extremely volatile tem per Givens told Barbara Walters of abcs "20-20"that Tyson has a Side to him that s scary. Michael is intimidating to say the least. I think that there s a time when he cannot control his temper and that s frighten  with a taciturn Tyson seated next to tier on a Couch at the couple s  n.j., Home Given spoke of their recent trip to Moscow and of her Hus band s behaviour while she was filming episodes from the to show head of the  he shakes. He pushes. He swings recently i be become afraid i mean very very much afraid. For instance in Russia 1 was afraid. Michael is a manic depressive Givens said. Despite the tribulations since she married Tyson in february Givens gave no indication that she wanted to sever her tics with her husband. Givens said the consequences for Tyson would be dire even life threatening if Givens. Her Mother Ruth Roper and sister left the fighter. He would be alone. And i Don t want that to happen Givens said fighting Back tears he would have gotten so so bad that i think maybe one Day he would have been More deliberate and killed himself or Hurt somebody  Tyson told Walters that he loves his wife and would not stand in her Way if she chose to leave. My wife would just have to ask for it and she has every Penny i have said Tyson a multimillionaire. She can leave right now. Lake everything i have and just leave. She has the right to do it. She has. The Power to do  last week the new York Post quoted Tyson As saying he had been diagnosed As being manic depressive. The newspaper also reported that Tyson had several violent episodes during his recent trip to the soviet Union and allegedly had chased Givens Roper and a Secretary through their hotel. The Post said that after returning to the United slates last week Tyson had a tearful talk with Givens Roper and psychiatrist Henry l. Mccurtis during which Tyson admitted being out of control at times and agreed to undergo treatment. Tyson in the television interview said this is a situation in which i m dealing with my illness.1 Givens told Abc that a distraught Tyson called Roper one Day and said he needed  Givens said her Mother arranged for Tyson to see a doctor and receive treatment "1 Don t know what Mike Tysan a Ould be without my Mother. What we would be. I mean she s been the glue that s kept us together Givens said. Tyson s manager Bill Cayton who also was inter viewed for the television program said that he did not believe Tyson was a manic depressive. And Caylon said that if Tyson took Lithium to control such a Condi Tion he would not permit Tyson to fight again. La s not proper for him to Box if he s on a mind altering drug Cayton said. Jack Graham athletic activities assistant for the new York state athletic commission said thursday that he did not know if the commission would prevent Tyson from fighting if he were faking Lithium. Graham said fighters must inform boxing officials if Theof Are using medication and if they have seen a doctor within a specific time period before a scheduled bout. A decision on whether a Boxer taking Lithium could fight would be made by the commission s medical director and the assistant director Graham said. The medical director was out of town thursday and the assistant did not return messages left at his office. The 22-year-old Tyson is the youngest heavyweight Champion Ever but his recent life has been a collection of Stormy adventures. Earlier this year he gave away a 1100,000 automobile after a minor Accident and in August he cracked a Bone in his right hand in a late night fight on a Harlem Street. He was hospitalized with it concussion earlier this in nah after his car struck a tree. There were reports he threatened suicide shortly before the crash. Olympics from Page 21 Gold by routing Yugoslavia 76-63 to earn their 100th medal of the games. Two Days after a healed practice i which the . Volleyball players were nearly at each other s throats the Ameri cans crushed Brazil 15-3, 15-5, 15-11. In sunday s final the defending Gold medallists will face the soviets who beat Argentina 15-11.17-15, 15-8 in Ioco Lucr semifinal. Coach Marv Dunphy said the team was fired up in wednesday s practice. It Slart cd off real Well but it ended up with the players fighting with each other he said. There was no blood spilled or punches thrown but the play ers were wound up. Our Guys have a tradition of fighting with each Oiler in practice because of our training environment. We compete As hard or better than we do in matches so you re going to have some Dis agreements from Lime to time. I make sure they Settle the scores before they leave the gym i was a bit edgy and i thought we were playing Sloppy recalled Steve Timmons the 6-fool-5 Star outside hitter. I yelled out i think i m going to explode people were kicking balls at me ceiling. A cml War in practice is not new to  even during Friday s game the . Players occasionally glared or shouted at each other after lost paints. We demand perfection Timmons said. If we Don t get it we get  although volleyball was invented in the United Stales in is95. The soviets have dominated the sport in the olym pics since it was introduced in 1964.six . Boxers were in the finals twice As Many As any other country and they hoped to bring Home one More Gold Ihan the 1976 team led by Leon and Michael Spinks and sugar Ray  a demoralizing 1-2 Start that saw middleweight Anthony Hembrick Dis qualified for not showing up on time for his first fight and Kulcie Banks knocked cold in the first round of his initial bout the . Team rebounded to place eight fighters in medal  into saturday s first six Gold medal finals american fighters were 31 6, the Best Overall record of the Competition and had twice As Many fighters in the finals As any other team. The press gave us no credit said heavyweight Ray Mercer. We knew we were capable of doing this Good. We were surprised the Media put us  fighters seemed to do particularly Well in the third round of most fights where they generally picked up the action and saw their opponents  lighters and coaches credit an in Tensive six week training Camp regime first at fort Bragg n.c., and later in the mountains around fort Hua Chuca Ariz for getting them in top fighting shape. "1 think we be shown our conditioning is much better than anyone else s Here said Kenny Adams who look Over As head coach from Tom Coulter after being reinstated by an arbitrator a month into training  coach Hank Johnson gives credit to a More intangible Factor. The latent is there but what we really have is cohesiveness said Johnson. It s hard to put in words but it s some thing that really brings tears to your eyes when you think of  lopped saturday s six Light card with his meeting with South Korea heavyweight Baik Hyun Man before an expected sellout crowd of 7,200 people atthe Cham Shil student gymnasium . Fighters were 3-1 against koreans and were booed by the Farely Korea crowd no matter whom they fought. Mercer further gained the crowd s displeasure last weekend when he ran through the Arena with Hembrick waving an american hag prior to a .-korean matchup. The crowd s no problem said Mercer. "1 Don t dislike anybody. I just want to win the  mar car Baik fight was one of two .-Korea fights for Gold medals. Korea advanced three boxers to the finals As did East Germany. The soviet Union which won its first 14 fights had Only two finalists the same number As Bulgaria and  Carbajal a 106-Pound coun Ter puncher from Phoenix was to gel a Chance at a Gold medal saturday against Ivailo Hristov of Bulgaria. Kennedy Mckinney was to be up next taking on another bulgarian Alexandar Hristov who is not related to the 106 Pound Ivailo Hristov in a 119-Pound final. I will be the first american to win the Gold at 119 pounds said Mckinney of kill can Texas. I looked it up and found How Many medals we won. Charles Moc Ney won a Silver in 1976 and that was it in wrestling american Kenny Mon Day beat Adian Baraev of the soviet Union 5-2 in overtime to win the Gold at 163  Bam of Mesa ariz., won the Gold medal in individual Archery saying "1 have been waiting for this moment for the past eight  Kenny monday celebrate Gold. On his wrestling coach Mercer from Page 25 saturday for the final against Korea s Baik Hyun Man. Baik. A Southpaw easily won his last two fights both ending before the scheduled three rounds. Mercer had yet to have a fight go the distance and he did t see his Batlle with Baik As being any different. Mercer said he had to Knock the korean out because a close bout would probably go to his opponent. He did t want anything left to the judges. I think anyone fighting a korean i scared of getting a bad decision from the judges Mercer said. He said the night before the Baik final he would plan his strategy. By the time Mercer was to step into the ring he would know exactly what he must do to put Baik on the Canvas. The coach tells me whal i need Todo he said and All t do before i go to sleep is think about it about How i m going to fight this dude. I just lock it indy brain. When i come in the gym on he Day i m supposed to fight i already know How i m going to fight the Guy la s going to possibly be my last Amateur fight and i m going to give it All i be got. I really Don t think he can handle it he s b Southpaw and he fights in the Middle of the eng. I m going to thin about How to Knock him out or maybe How i m going to react when they raise my hand after i Knock the Guy  without the support of his unit and the army Overall Mercer probably would t be in a position to raise his hand in Victory saturday. They Lei me off work to train and i really feel thai a Gold medal for me Means a whole Tot to them he said. While t was raining they were pull ing my Slack working in the motor Pool and doing what 1 was really supposed to be doing this is partly for them  Johnson said the support Mercer received from his unit has been important and thai the help has reached All the Way to Seoul. He s got a big Banner that goes All the Way across the Wall in the dormitory at the olympic Village Johnson said. Everybody in his company signed it and they sent it Here Federal express wishing him Good tuck when you arc boxing like this even though they arc nol Here they Are Here with you in spirit. It s real . People Don t realize there s another part to the army besides just shooting and training and trying to gel ready for War Mercer was ready to go to War against Baik. Television olympics Abc coverage at 5 30 ft.ro., 5 pin 9 . Saturday 12 Joun. And 5 30 in. Sunday. Radio College football Urcla at washing ton 8 36 . Saturday Stanford it notre Dame Otto night saturday